Luker: Politics Of Abortion - Hardcover

Luker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520043146 ISBN 13: 9780520043145

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Synopsis

Traces the history of the debate concerning the morality of abortion and discusses the social worlds of activists on both sides of the issue

About this title

Review:

"One of the most important sociology books of the decade. In addressing crucial public policy issues in an engrossing and accessible manner, she has attracted an attentive audience that extends far beyond academic sociology."--Marion S. Goldman, "American Journal of Sociology"

About the Author:

Kristin Luker is Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She is also the author of Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy (1996) and, with Jean Fox O'Barr, Feminism in Action: Building Institutions and Community through Women's Studies (1994).

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520043146
• ISBN 13: 9780520043145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350